E-Book, Chapter 4

In today’s chapter (4), Pastor Mark Driscoll continues his investigation of a theology of lust in his book, Porn-Again Christian. In this chapter, Driscoll gives an extensive investigation of verses that speak to this issue, and then closes with a compelling story that makes this a very personal issue. Lust is the root of all sexual sin, and it is something that we men must do a serious examination of in our own heart.

chapter 4
A Theology of Pornographic Lust

Genesis 2:22 explains the creation of Eve saying, “And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.” God made the earth and called it good, but even before sin entered the world God said it was not good for the man to be alone. So, God made Eve to be with the man as a lover, helper, and friend. Until that point, Adam had never seen a woman because one had not been formed by God’s hands. All that Adam had seen to that point in his life were aardvarks, sea bass, and other animals that would not look good in a wedding photo. Eve may or may not have been beautiful, but to Adam she was glorious because she was all he had ever known. Practically, he had no standard of beauty to compare his bride to—she was his only standard of beauty.

In creation, we see the wise pattern that for every man his standard of beauty is not to be objectified, but rather it should simply be his wife.

Read the rest of the chapter here.

Application, because the topic is continues, I repeat the suggestion given yesterday: Find someone you trust to discuss this chapter with. Together, identify those places and times when you are particularly vulnerable to this temptation of lust. And then, help each other begin to develop a strategy to avoid it first, and it resist when necessary.

Blessings
Bill H